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The Names. 
Divers would refcrre Tome one or other of thefe laced s, either going before or following after, unto Hyofci- 
rU or Hyofirls of Pliny, (qttafi Iovia Sernas Pena faith ) whereof he makcth mention in his 27. Booke, and 1 j t] 
Chapter, which he faith is like unto SerU or Intihum Endive, or Succory, but lefle and rough in handling, and; 
good for wounds; of which fliort defcription it is hard to determine that 7 'liny meant this plant, for if Hyofci»i 
risbfakMcotSuccory, or belonging to that Tribe, as the name aforelaid fhoird declare, this cannot be it, for. 
none of the Succoryes, orofthatftocke arc found available for wounds as thefeare. The firfl here fetdowne e 
is the lacea major of Lohel, the fixt Iacea of Clnjiw, which he calleth montana hirfuto capite, as Gamer ariw doth * 
and by Bauhinw Iacea. nigra laciniata . The fecond Clufiw calleth Iaceafquammato captte Cretica , and Bauhinw u 
lacea lacin at a fquammata. The third is called by Lohel,Iacea montana Narhoncnfis,by Tahermontanw lacea mufca-\ 
ta (Sr quinta, and by Bauhinw Iacea montane incana odora. The fourth is fo called by Bauhinw, as it is in the ti¬ 
tle, which he called both in his phytopinax, and in his C JMatthiolw Iacea montana Laciniata . The fifth is calledc 
by Lohel Iacea pumila humilis ferpens, arc. by Lugdunenjit Iacea humilis Hieratij folio • and by Bauhinw Iacea hu- 
rvilii alha Hieracij folio. The fixth is called by Lohel and Pena in their Adverfaria , lacea montana, and Carduua 
pinem Narhonenfittm, and thinke it alfo to be the Chamsleon non aculeatw of Theophraflw, and by Camerarias in r 
borto Iacea alia pumila five nana. It is very likely to be that Iacea, that Lugdunenjis calleth montana Acanop hor , 
or very like unto it ; and by Bauhinw Iacea montana incana capite pini. The feaventh is mentioned by Gerard on .. 
ly as I thinke.* The laft Fahitu Columna calleth Iacea montana minima tcnuifslia, but Bauhinw calleth it Iacea - 
laciniata late a . 
The Vertues. 
Thefirftofthefeefpecially, is cquall in property with any of the other Knapweedes, both for inward andl 
outward difeafes, and therefore whatfoever is faid of any of them, may be effectually found herein, the reft of! 
them that are fet downe in this Chapter, are in fome fort like unto it, although there is no certaine author, hath 
appropriated them in fuch manner as the former. 
Chap. IV. 
laces Laciniata capitalsffinofis. Thorny headed Knapweedes. 
1. Iacea lutea capitailsJpinofis. Yellow Knapweede with prickly heads.' 
His yellow Knapwecdc hath a few leaves next the ground, much rent or tome on the edges into 1 
many uneqnall parts, fome bigger and others letter, ofagrayifh or overworne grecne colour, 
and of a little acide or fower tafte, among which rifeth up a ftalke about two or three foote hioh 
branched forth into fome few, but not into very many branches, fet with fome fmaller and more 
divided leaves on them, and at the foote of the branches; the toppes of the branches and ftalkes 
are each of them fumifhed with a great fcaly head, fet round about with fmalf and fharpe white 
prickles, and out of the middle thereof many threds, ofa pale but fullen yellow colour, which abide inflower 
a good while, and when they are paft,the feede is wrapped in a deale of white flockye or downy matter, ofa 
whitifti or afti colour, the roote is long and white, and,as fweete almoft as the roo< e of Erin aw or Sea Holly, 
but creepeth very much and farre underground, fpringing up againe in divers places. This iifthe hotter Coun- 
tryes yeeldeth forth among the flowers, a fmallreddifbgraine like unto Gum Travacant. but l could never ob- 
lerveitinourland. ^ 
2. lactxluteaftinofaApuh. The thorny headed Knapweed of Naples. 
J -a- ‘i y u ,- V ]' :;na P wt: .‘ :de i in moll things fo like the former yellow, that if it be not the fame, it 
differcth but little from it, which confifteth chiefly in there things, the roote is wooddy, as Col Km m who fo 
f “ 1C aaItcover< 7 with a rugged barke, whofc head hath many blackifh haires.as the ribbes and veines 
otthe Ialt yeares leaves, the firft leaves that fpring up are fmooth and whole, like unto a Docke, but thofe that 
follow a ter are divided into many parts, like unto Radilh leaves, but larger and fomewhat like nnto the great 
Century leaves: the crefted or firaked ftalke rifeth to be three foote high, fomewhat hairy as the latter leaves 
are, at the head whereof which divideth not it lelfe into above two or three branches, groweth on every one 
a kaly greene head, theedges and toppes ofwhofe kales are fomewhat cut in, and fet with fliarpe yellowifh 
thomes, and many yellowifti threds comming out of the heades; the feed that followeth is white and flat,lyin- 
in a purplifh downe. 1 ° 
3. lace* pMrpure*f*pi„a capituli, sfmofis. The purple flowred Knapwecdc,with prickly heads. 
Tins purple knapweed tiayletli with his great long branches upon the ground, having whitifh filir.es or skins 
on each fide of them, extending to two or three yeards in length, branched forth againe into liindry other flems 
or ItaJkes whereon grow large and long leaves, much cut in on the fides, and ofa whitiih greene colour- at 
the ends of the branches, (land larger fcaly heads then the former, and greene, with crirelf fharpe thorne’s or 
prickesupon them, ready to pierce their legges that improvidentlypaffe by it, out of the middle whereof flart 
forth many purple threds, and in them after the flower is paft, frnall whitiih feede, little bigger then the feede 
of or the Bottles, of fome called the Come flower, the roote is very great, thicke,“white and flefliy, 
lpreading clivers great and long branches, but not creeping within the ground as the former doth. 
4. UceamontmapurpHreaechmate capite. The purple mountaine thorny headed Knapweede. 
I his mowntaine Knapweede of tAaftria, hath divers foft narrow greene leaves, not hard or rough likethe 
common wilde forts, more cuun on the edges, and into lelfer parts, fomewhat like unto the leaves of Calcitra* 
p , or Car m, fiethtm : the ftalke that rifeth upabout two footehigh, being crefted or ftraked, is divided at the 
toppe into divers branches, fpreading in breadth more then in length, with many long fcaly heads, here and 
5ffnr!r^ er J°ni’ thc j° PpeS °r c , nd . of w . hoft fcales end in fmal1 Pfitkes, but not fo long and (harpe as thofe of 
Ene fotefaid thiftle, and more forked or divided; the flowers whereofare purple threds, like thcothor Knap- 
wcedes; 
